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Discover useful apps, see what’s new, and get more from your Apple devices.
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Apple spotlights U.S. suppliers for iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro ahead of launch
Apple says new U.S. suppliers are helping build iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro just as the phones go on sale.
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Wagetap iPhone app review: wage advances and bill splitting in Australia
Wagetap is a Winter 2022 YC iPhone app for Australian wage advances and bill splitting.
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Univerbal for iPhone: AI conversation practice for language learners
Univerbal is a YC Winter 2023 language-learning app for speaking practice, instant feedback, and personalized conversation drills.
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Watching iPhone video on an iPad: choose sharing or streaming first
Sending a video file, opening a shared library and mirroring a screen are different tasks. Start with the result you need.
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The Waze of the road: plan with live information, keep your judgment
A practical guide to using a navigation app as a planning aid while keeping road conditions and attention in perspective.
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Macs and apps: how the App Store idea reached the desktop
A historical look at the Mac App Store launch and the practical differences between choosing phone and desktop software.
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Five iPhone alarm ideas from 2010
Revisit the different approaches in the original alarm-app roundup without treating old promises as current guarantees.
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Plancast and the promise of sharing tomorrow’s plans
A look at the social-planning idea behind Plancast, and why arranging an event differs from posting an update.
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Gyro Draw: sketching by moving the iPhone
Candywriter’s motion-controlled drawing experiment and the difference between an expressive interface and a precision tool.
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Mobiola WebCamera: an early way to turn an iPhone into a computer camera
The SHAPE app’s wireless camera idea remains useful when planning a second angle for calls, demonstrations and desk recordings.
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Mobiola WebCamera: the iPhone as a second camera
Understand the phone-plus-desktop design of Mobiola’s webcam app and the checks that matter for a current camera workflow.
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FaceTime in 2010: evaluating a video-calling launch
The old “FaceTime flop” headline needs context. Apple’s Mac beta expanded the feature, while usefulness depended on more than a launch demo.